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HALO Trust banar väg för ett Moçambique "utan minor"


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Sep 17, 2015, 01:00 ET

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Amelia is a HALO deminer. She was hired by HALO in 2013 and has helped the effort to destroy the last known landmine in Mozambique. The charity's demobilisation programme will now help her find new work. (PRNewsFoto/The HALO Trust) (PRNewsFoto/The HALO Trust)
Amelia is a HALO deminer. She was hired by HALO in 2013 and has helped the effort to destroy the last known landmine in Mozambique. The charity's demobilisation programme will now help her find new work. (PRNewsFoto/The HALO Trust) (PRNewsFoto/The HALO Trust)
A timeline infographic that shows HALO's contribution to 'mine free' Mozambique, with details of the provinces we worked in and the number of mines and minefields we cleared. (PRNewsFoto/The HALO Trust) (PRNewsFoto/The HALO Trust)
A timeline infographic that shows HALO's contribution to 'mine free' Mozambique, with details of the provinces we worked in and the number of mines and minefields we cleared. (PRNewsFoto/The HALO Trust) (PRNewsFoto/The HALO Trust)

DUMFRIES, Skottland, September 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

  • Landminestiftelsen kallar slutet på 22 års arbete "en historisk prestation" 
  • Svenskt bistånd bidrar med trygghet och utveckling till tusentals människor 

Regeringen i Moçambique kommer att meddela officiellt att landet är fritt från landminor idag, strax efter att den brittiska minröjningsstiftelsen HALO Trust bekräftat att den har förstört den sista minan i sitt sista kända minfält.

     (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150915/266795 )

     (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150915/266799-INFO )
 

Moçambique var ett av de mest minerade länderna i världen. Innan HALO inledde sitt banbrytande program 1993, orsakade landminor hundratals olyckor, inklusive dödsfall och amputationer.

Att röja Moçambiques landminor ger enorma fördelar för dess 26 miljoner invånare. Samhällen kan nu odla grödor och ha boskap på bete på ett tryggt sätt. Minröjning har gjort det möjligt för landet att utveckla sin infrastruktur, få tillgång till gas och kol, öka turismen och locka till sig internationella investeringar. Moçambiques BNP har ökat med 7 % årligen sedan HALO påbörjade minröjningen och landet rankas nu som nr 10 i världen vad gäller reell BNP-tillväxt.

HALO har anställt mer än 1 600 moçambikiska män och kvinnor för minröjning sedan 1993. De säkrade över 17 miljoner kvadratmeter mark med hjälp av både manuella och mekaniska minröjningsmetoder. Personalen från HALO röjde sammanlagt undan mer än 171 000 landminor, som motsvarar cirka 80 % av det totala antalet.

James Cowan, HALO:s vd, säger: 

"Moçambique är ett tilltalande exempel på hur en systematisk hantering av krigsmaterial i samarbete med regeringen, lokalbefolkningen och donatorer kan leda till återhämtning och tillväxt för länder som en gång härjats av konflikter."

**** För intervjuer med HALO:s regionala direktörer, fallstudier, kartor, bilder och foton av förstörelsen av den sista landminan, skicka ett e-postmeddelande till [email protected] ****

INFORMATION TILL REDAKTIONEN 

  1. HALO:s arbete i Moçambique har finansierats av regeringarna i USA, Storbritannien, Nederländerna, Irland, Japan, Schweiz, Norge, Sverige, Australien, Belgien, liksom av The Reece Foundation, Tokyo Broadcasting System, UNDP, World Vision, Trocaire, Concern , Mitsubishi Corporation, National Demining Institute/Hitachi och Actifonds Mijnen Ruimen.
  2. Landminan som senast förstördes av HALO anses vara den sista att tas bort från ett känt minfält, till stöd stöd för Moçambiques efterlevnad av Ottawakonventionen. Medan upptäckten av ett litet antal herrelösa eller nedgrävda landminor i framtiden inte helt kan uteslutas är Moçambique nu så nära "landminefritt" som möjligt.

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